SERVICE FOR SIGHT

Our chapter is committed to service and raising awareness for our philanthropy, Service for Sight, which has founded five schools around the United States for the visually impaired and promotes education on sight preservation. Delta Gamma has raised over $6,299,000 for Service for Sight grants. In 2024, our chapter raised over $50,000 for Service for Sight!

This philanthropy has been the focus of the Delta Gamma Fraternity since 1936, when a blind Delta Gamma member, Ruth Billow, petitioned to adopt providing aid to the blind as our philanthropy. Today 285 million people worldwide are blind or have visual impairments. Our goal as Delta Gamma’s is to help our philanthropy grow by funding sight preservation schools, training guide dogs, funding equipment to further sight mobility, supporting programs to provide accessible jobs for those with visual disabilities, and so much more. Since 1951, Delta Gamma is proud to be the longest continuous donor to the American Foundation for the Blind.

In addition to raising money for Service for Sight, our chapter is committed to serving the blind or visually impaired community in any way we can. During the year, we write letters to retirement homes and veteran communities and make paracord bracelets for active military and first responders. We also work with Gallant Hearts Guide Dog Center to sponsor guide dogs in training and educate our members on guide dogs.